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District Office. 65 Natoma St., Folsom. CA 95650. They are considering four alternatives: Open with warning signs, panial closure, seasonal closure or complete closure. Chuck Lanzarone. formerly with Jim O'NeeI Distributing. has started his own distributing company, Sierra Motorcycle Products. You can ClItCh up with him at 7991 Folsom Blvd.. Unit H. Sacramento. CA 95826. or phone 91~. The price tag on Scott Boots will be going up around the first of next'year, according to Scott Boyer of the snowbound ski pole, goggles and plastic boot company in Sun Valley, ID. Graham Noyce has signed a contingency support program contract with Moto-X Fox. a plan similar to the one Brad Lackey .rides under. Noyce will' wear MotaX Fox clothing and protective gear and use their accessorias on his Hondas tuned by Bill Buchka. Mot:gan Kavana,ugh of Boulder, CO, has become the Rocky. Mountain Trials Association Champion for 1979. Morgan won by scoring 66 championship points in the best five of eight series trials events. Second was Bill Burgener, last year's champion, with 63 points. Dave Burke finished third with 61. These riders as well as the others in the top 10 - Eric Barber, Tom Thompson, Cun Comer, Wilu Wagner, John Gray. Guy Bodin and Gary Baughman - have earned the classification of Expert. . Road racer Mike Baldwin, after flve months In the hospital recovering from a shattered femur end other injuries sustained June 17, returned home November 20. Baldwin will remain in a toe to thigh cast on his right leg until January when the cast will. come off and he will begin intensive therepy to' regain strength in' the leg. •...m glad to be home." said Baldwin in a phone conversation from Darien. Connecticut.· "You' can't imagine what it's I,ke to be in a hospital bed for five months unless you've been there.·AII that is past now. I've got some good things in the works and it looks like I'" be able to go to Europe and race in 1980. I would like to· do a,full saason there and if things. work . out I'll be able to do so... "I'm not worried about getting back into shape." continued Batdwin. "I can already get up and walk around. I've put weight on -the leg and.) ltJink that things are coming along fine. Right now I have crutches, a cane and a walker to use. It's hard to take it slow and easy, which 1 must do right now, to let everything heal correctly. I'm quite sure I won't be at Daytona, but that doesn't mean I won't be racing soon afterwards. The biggest concern now is to see if the World Series gets off the ground. I'll be riding that if (Kenny) Roberts can make it work." Team YlW11IIha riders Mike Ball and Rex Staten traveled "dOwn under" to Australia over Than"sgiving Weekend to teke part in what promises to be a new series of stadium races. New to short. tight tracks, the Aussies had to settle for Places three on down as the Yanks IMike is #1. Rex is #2 abovel took the top two spotS in the ~n-soaked main event. Mike fit in well las you cen see belowl with Australian riders Mark Pace lIIid Stephen Gall as the three spectate a Nov. 15 road race at Surfers' Paradisa Raceway. Rex shares the excitement of the race with annouricer Bob Johnson. Among the less-than-expeeted spectator contingent at The Superbikers _ Chuck Palmgren's former sponsor Dan Gurney, no slouch himself 'when it comes· to going fast: . ''I'll ride the' 250cc World Series, maybe. some U.S. races, but I'm not - sure yet," Freddie Spencer said at The Superbikers. What brand will he ride? "Well, there's only twO in the 250cc (Ccmtinued to page 17) 7